History of electronic patient record
In the 1960s, a doctor named Lawrence L. Weed first described the concept of computerized or electronic medical records. Weed described a system to automate and streamline health records to improve their recovery and thus better patient care.
Working against weeds have formed the basis of the PROMIS project at the University of Vermont, cooperation between physicians and IT experts began in 1967 to develop an automated electronic patient record. The project objectives were to create a system that is patient data in a timely and sequential for the physician to develop, and the rapid collection of data for epidemiological studies, medical examinations and audits enable the business. The group’s efforts led to the development of the medical record problem-oriented, or PMD. Even in the 1960s, the Mayo Clinic in developing electronic patient records.
In 1970, the PMD in a medical department of the Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, was used. At that time, the touch screen technology has been incorporated into the data entry process. Over the next few years, the information on the drug’s nuclear program have been included, so doctors to check the action of drugs, dosages, side effects, allergies and interactions. Meanwhile, plans for diagnosis and treatment developed for more than 600 common medical problems.
During the years 1970 and 1980, several electronic health records and refined by various academic and research institutions. The system was based Technicon Hospital and Harvard COSTAR system were records for ambulatory care. The help system and Duke’s “medical record” are examples of the first systems to residential care. Regenstrief Indiana record was one of the first inpatient and outpatient combined systems.
With advances in computer technology and diagnostic applications in the 1990s, of electronic patient records used by practices more complex and comprehensive. In the 21 century are increasingly practical implementation of electronic medical records.